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Spain Blocks US Jets Bound For Iran

April 1, 2026 Ana Vracar, People's Dispatch. , , ,
The Spanish government continues to stand out among European countries for its explicit refusal to become complicit in illegal US-Israeli attacks on Iran. Over recent days, government officials reasserted that the country had rejected use of its airspace for flights involved in the war. “All flight plans involving operations in Iran have been rejected,” Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez stated during a parliamentary address. Sánchez added this decision was made “because we are a sovereign country that does not want to participate in illegal wars.”

Spain’s Migrant Regularization Marks A Rare Progressive Turn

March 30, 2026 Kim Wilson, Canadian Dimension. , , ,
On a warm and sunny February morning in Alicante, dozens of people crowded outside the Algerian consulate next to the city’s central market. Almost entirely men, mostly young or middle-aged, they rummaged through documents and passports, speaking Arabic to one another in low voices. The spectacle on the street couldn’t have gone unnoticed. Small crowds of migrants have become a common sight in cities across Spain since Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez’s recent announcement that the government would soon begin the process of regularizing undocumented migrant workers currently living there.

Spanish PM Fires Back At Trump Over Threats To Cut Trade

March 4, 2026 News Desk, The Cradle. , , , ,
Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez responded on 4 March to US President Donald Trump’s threat to cut trade with Madrid, doubling down on his country’s refusal to participate in the war on Iran.  Spain will “not be complicit in something that is bad for the world – and that is also contrary to our values ​​and interests – simply out of fear of reprisals from someone,” Sanchez said in a speech on Wednesday. “You can’t respond to one illegality with another because that’s how humanity’s great disasters begin.” “You can’t play Russian roulette with the destiny of millions … Nobody knows for sure what will happen now."

In Spain, Amazon Workers Win With Quick-Hit Walkouts

March 3, 2026 Alfonso Martínez Valero, Labor Notes. , , , ,
At an Amazon fulfillment center in Spain, we used a flurry of brief walkouts late last year to force the company to improve wages and time off. We struck for three days in November and in December in a series of “flexible strikes,” timed to hit production with intermittent walkouts during the holiday “peak” season. On December 22, the union committee announced a settlement, negotiated through government mediators. The facility, RMU1 in the city of Murcia, employed 2,000 workers at the time, and our union the General Confederation of Labor (CGT) was one of four unions that represented them. 

Spanish City Resurrects 3,000-Year-Old Solution To Fight Extreme Heat

February 23, 2026 Peter Yeung, Next City. , , , , ,
A few meters below the former site of Seville’s 1992 World Expo, a promising climate experiment blending ancient technology and modern science is underway. Rows of black pipes run along the ceiling and down the bare concrete walls. These, in turn, connect to bright blue and green tubes and enormous silver pumps. In a control room to the side, an array of monitors display the heat, humidity and wind speed above. “We have deployed several types of cooling systems here, each one used depending on climatic conditions,” says Maria de la Paz Montero Gutiérrez, a researcher at the University of Seville, from down in the building’s bowels where she is helping supervise the project.

Spain’s Popular Front At 90: The Anti-Fascist Struggle That Changed The World

February 16, 2026 C.J. Atkins, People's World. , , ,
Ninety years ago, the people of Spain delivered a forceful rebuke to right-wing extremism and opened one of the most dramatic chapters in working-class history. The election victory on Feb. 16, 1936, of the Popular Front (Frente Popular)—an alliance of socialists, communists, republicans, and other democratic forces—was much more than a routine parliamentary transition of government. It was a mass uprising at the ballot box, fueled by workers, farmers, women, and youth. They were determined to defend democracy and push forward with reforms that had been long-delayed by a series of right-wing administrations.

Striking Spanish Workers Show That Amazon Is Not Invincible

January 24, 2026 Jonathan Rosenblum, Truthout. , , ,
The latest flashpoint of resistance to global logistics juggernaut Amazon has proven, once again, that collective worker power can force the company into improving its miserable working conditions. Amazon workers in Murcia, in southeastern Spain, struck twice at the RMU1 fulfillment center during the 2025 holiday “peak” season and forced the company into a negotiated settlement in late December. Workers won a 14 percent wage increase that took effect this month (January). They also won annual increases of 4 percent in each of the next two years, improved Sunday and night shift pay, and more paid time off.

Washington Weighs Sanctions On Spanish-Flagged Vessels

December 23, 2025 News Desk, The Cradle. , , ,
The dispute began in November 2024 and has since escalated into a formal maritime standoff involving regulators, ports, and commercial operators on both sides of the Atlantic, according to notices issued by the FMC and Israeli media reports.  Israeli Channel 14 said Washington argues that Spain’s decision “harms maritime trade.” Yet, Spanish authorities maintain they will not allow ports or airspace to facilitate arms deliveries linked to Israel’s genocide of Palestinians in the Gaza Strip. The issue centers on Spain’s refusal to grant port access and airspace clearance to ships and aircraft transporting arms or military fuel intended for Israel, including vessels carrying what the FMC described as “cargo” bound for Israel. 

Football Fans March In Support As Palestine Plays First European Match

November 16, 2025 Alex MacDonald, Middle East Eye. , , , , ,
Thousands marched in support of Palestine in the Spanish city of Bilbao as Palestinian footballers played their first European match against the Basque Country team. The Basque Country team beat the Palestine team 3-0 in the friendly match, which was marked by shows of solidarity between both teams. Palestinians and the Basque have long shared political sympathies, with both involved in nationalist struggles for independence. The two teams celebrated side by side, arms around each other, on the San Mames pitch in front of more than 50,000 spectators.

General Strike Kicks Off With Road Cuts And Logistics Sites Blocks

October 16, 2025 Catalan News. , , , , ,
The first protests and demonstrations of Wednesday's general strike day saw more than a hundred people block access to the Zona Franca industrial area and Mercabarna market wholesalers in Barcelona. Workers at car manufacturer Seat went on strike during the night shift. The strike has been called across the country to stand in solidarity with Palestine. The atmosphere of the protest is peaceful and festive. The demonstrating workers then moved to the entrances of the Port of Barcelona, from where the different groups gathered together and started marching towards the city centre.

Spain To Submit ICC Complaint Against Israel Over Attack On Flotilla

October 8, 2025 News Desk, The Cradle. , , , , ,
Spain’s Interior Minister Fernando Grande-Marlaska announced on 7 October that Madrid will submit a formal complaint to the International Criminal Court (ICC) over Israel’s kidnapping of hundreds of activists from the Global Sumud Flotilla in international waters. Grande-Marlaska said any assault on civilians in international waters constitutes an act of unlawful detention under both Spanish and international law. On Sunday, 29 Spanish activists who were part of the flotilla landed in Madrid after being detained by Israeli forces in international waters. Many of the activists were subjected to “physical and psychological ill-treatment” while in detention.

Massive Pro-Palestine Protests Shut Down Spain’s La Vuelta Race

September 15, 2025 News Desk, The Cradle. , , , ,
The final stretch of the Vuelta a Espana road cycling race was abandoned in Madrid on 14 September after over 100,000 pro-Palestinian protesters disrupted routes and forced organizers to call off the event. Danish rider Jonas Vingegaard was declared the winner as police struggled to contain the demonstrations, overwhelmed by their large numbers. “The race is over,” a spokesperson for the organizers told Reuters after barriers were overturned and crowds moved onto the course.  More than 1,000 officers were deployed across the capital, but confrontations escalated as protesters threw water bottles and other objects at police, chanting “It's a genocide, not a war,” and the police responded with tear gas.

Spain And Brazil Launch Initiative To Push Global Tax On The Ultra-Rich

July 2, 2025 TeleSUR English. , , ,
On Tuesday, Spain and Brazil will launch a joint initiative to promote a global tax increase on the superrich, aiming to achieve a fairer redistribution of wealth. The initiative, to be presented at the fourth U.N. International Conference on Financing for Development in Seville, seeks to encourage a multilateral debate on the effective taxation of large fortunes and how it impacts social cohesion. The project aims to tackle the issue of extreme inequality and move toward a fairer redistribution of wealth “through a progressive and just tax system in which those who have more, pay more,” Spain’s Finance Ministry said.

Spain: International Conference To Call For Arms Embargo On Israel

May 26, 2025 Juan Cole, Scheer Post. , , , , , ,
The Spanish wire service EFE reports that delegations from 20 countries met Sunday in Madrid in a push to pressure Israel to halt its total war on Gaza and to establish a Palestinian state. Convened by Foreign Minister José Manuel Albares, the conference sought to move to concrete actions. Israel had blocked all humanitarian aid for two months beginning in March, provoking a crisis of malnutrition in Gaza, almost all of whose people have been made internal refugees several times over by the Israeli military. Israel began letting a small amount of aid in last week, apparently under the pressure of the Trump administration, but United Nations officials decried it as “a drop in the ocean” compared to the urgent needs of 2.2 million Palestinians.

Activists Urge Spanish Government To Implement Arms Embargo On Israel

May 24, 2025 Ana Vračar, People's Dispatch. , , , , , ,
On Tuesday, May 20, a majority of representatives in the Spanish Parliament voted in favor of a motion calling for an arms embargo on Israel. Spearheaded by the progressive blocs Podemos, Sumar, and the Republican Left of Catalonia, everyone but the right-wing supported the motion – including Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez’s Socialist Workers’ Party (PSOE). While the news undoubtedly marks an important achievement for the months-long grassroots Palestine solidarity mobilizations in Europe and beyond, many activists caution against interpreting it as a decisive sign of Spain’s concrete commitment to halting the genocide in Gaza.
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